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2025 County Report

Fires in Kings County, NY

In 2025, fire departments serving Kings County responded to 4 fire and hazmat incidents.

2,736,074 residents FIPS 36047 1 cities · 0 fire depts
Total incidents
4
57 across 5 years
Building fires
0
1 wildland
Property loss
$0
$0 structure · $0 contents
Casualties
0 / 0
0 civ deaths · 0 civ inj · 0 FF inj
01 The mix

What kinds of fires happen here?

Mobile property (vehicle) fire, other lead by count. Top five categories make up about 100% of all calls.

4
Total Incidents
Mobile property (vehicle) fire, other 1 25.0%
Passenger vehicle fire 1 25.0%
Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire 1 25.0%
Outside rubbish fire, other 1 25.0%
02 Seasonality

When do fires happen in Kings County?

Nov peaks. Jan dips.

Jan 0
Feb 0
Mar 0
Apr 0
May 0
Jun 0
Jul 0
Aug 0
Sep 0
Oct 1
Nov 2
Dec 1
03 Five-year trend

Year over year in Kings County

57 incidents from 2021 through 2025.

YearIncidents 
2021 3
2022 15
2023 1
2024 34
2025 4
04 Cause of ignition

What sparks building fires?

For the 0 building fires departments responded to in 2025, here's how investigators classified them.

Unintentional
0%
0
Cause undetermined
50%
1
Intentional / arson
0%
0
Equipment / heat source failure
0%
0
Under investigation
50%
1
Act of nature (lightning)
0%
0
06 How Kings County compares

Kings County vs NY vs the nation

Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples.

0
Incidents per 1,000 residents
Kings County
0
NY avg
3.48
US avg
7.15
0
Building fires per 1,000 residents
Kings County
0
NY avg
0.2
US avg
0.82
0
Civilian fire deaths per million
Kings County
0
NY avg
1.1
US avg
5.8
07 Cities in this county

Largest cities in Kings County

1 cities mapped to FIPS 36047.

CityPopulation 
Brooklyn 2,736,074 View ›
09 Historical wildfires

Largest fires recorded in NY

Top 10 fire perimeters by acres burned (state-scoped fallback while we build out per-county polygons).

#NameYearAgencyAcres
1 Great Kills Blowup 2010 NPS 143
2 GK3 1996 NPS 98
3 NYIRR-FY19-RX-J Units 2019 FWS 81
4 GK06-01 2006 NPS 60
5 DRIFTFENCE 2001 NPS 58
6 north40 1997 NPS 51
7 HugeFire 1994 NPS 46
8 GOLF 2006 NPS 45
9 GRKILLS002 1999 NPS 41
10 Spring Creek 1 2014 NPS 39

About this data

County-level NFIRS aggregates for 2025, plus 5-year totals across 2021–2025. NFIRS is voluntary — about 23,000 of roughly 30,000 US fire departments report — so totals are a strong indicator, not a complete census. Wildfire risk score (0–100) and Expected Annual Loss come from FEMA's National Risk Index. Drought class is the most recent USDM classification (D0 = abnormally dry through D4 = exceptional drought). Historical fire perimeters are sourced from the NIFC InterAgency Fire Perimeter History.